9800GT
So I have a new graphics card...1 guess as to what that may be!
I previously had a 9500GT, so it's a relatively small upgrade, but I got it as some games were crashing/bluescreening, and giving a graphics card/driver related error. When I tried rolling back the drivers, and then reinstalling older & newer versions to no avail, I figured the next logical step was new stuff! 
I have to say, I was suitably impressed, Ubuntu loaded up, picked up my dual screen* setup perfectly, and it was as though nothing had ever changed. Brilliant...now for Windows 7! I foolishly expected minimum fuss, as it had been good to me when I installed it all those many moons ago, only to boot it twice since then. How wrong I was. 800x600 single screen until I downloaded and installed the drivers, and rebooted.
I think we'll give the point to Ubuntu then!
* About 30 minutes after installing the new graphics card, I'd purchased a new 24" screen online, to replace my current 2x20" setup. I need more desk space!
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January 7th, 2010 - 03:20
Don’t tell me this was a result of Mass Effect and the Steam spree last week.
(I’ve been affected too!)
January 7th, 2010 - 18:35
Sadly, yes, it is.
I kept getting blue screens, which indicated the graphics card was at fault….so I got a new one. The only thing is that now I need to try and reinstall Mass Effect, because that keeps crashing with some weird DLL error. And that was a bitch to download
January 12th, 2010 - 20:58
Great to hear, because I cannot get my ati card to work right on Arch… Which drivers do you use?
January 12th, 2010 - 21:37
I’m using the 185 drivers it appears